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Tom Daley was born 21 May 1994, in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom is an English diver, who specialises in the 10 metre platform event and is currently the FINA World Champion. He started diving at the age of seven, and is a member of Plymouth Diving Club. He has made an impact in national and international competition at an early age. He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he was Britain's youngest competitor, the youngest competitor of any nationality outside the sport of swimming, and the youngest to participate in a final. In the first post-Rome 2009 World Championships edition of the FINA World Diving Rankings for the ten-metre platform, he reached a new career best ranking of number one.
-Named Youngster of the Year by BBC South West in 2005.
-Named BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year, and Young Sports Personality of the Year, 2009.
-Short-listed to the final ten for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award in 2006.
-Short-listed to the final three for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award in 2008
-Named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2007 and 2009 (first person to win this award twice).
-Short-listed to the final ten for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2009.
-Ranked #63 in Time's 2008 edition of 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch
-Won LEN Magazine's "Athlete of the Year" award for mens' divers, 2009, on behalf of the European Swimming Federation. The award is voted for by representatives of all European Aquatic Federations and the media.
-Nominated for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year.
In the February 2010 British Championships individual 10 m competition, Daley unveiled his 5255B dive (back two-and-a-half somersault, two-and-a-half twists) in competition for the first time, giving him a 3.6 tariff dive (reduced from 3.8 in FINAs' September 2009 DD tables). In this competition Daley finished in 2nd place, 40.05 points behind Peter Waterfield.
In the March 2010 FINA Diving World Series event in Qingdao individual 10 m competition, Daley showcased his two new dives and finished in 4th place, 520.35 points.
On 12 October 2010, Daley attended the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and he, together with his teammate Max Brick, won the gold medal for Synchronised 10m Platform Competition. The following day he also won gold in the 10m Individual Platform competition.
In November 2010, Daley was announced as one of the nominated sportsmen for both the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010 and BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2010. He went on to win BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2010 for the third time in his career, and is the first person to receive this award three times.
For the 2011 season, Daley was paired in the synchronised competitions with 2004 Athens Olympic silver medallist Peter Waterfield, in British Swimming's continuing efforts to find the best synchro pairing for the 2012 Olympics. At the 2011 National Cup, the British Championship, held in the new Southend Swimming and Diving Centre on 28th-30th January Daley came 2nd in the 3m springboard competition behind Jack Laugher, and together with Waterfield, won the 10m platform synchronised competition. The following day Waterfield beat Daley to the individual 10m platform title for the second successive year, by 494.25 points to 472.35, with Max Brick third with 399.80.
Hometown:
Plymouth
Country:
United Kingdom
Occupation:
Olympic Diver
Schools:
Plymouth College
Interests:
Diving
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British pair Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield insist they can improve ahead of the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai after winning 10m Synchro gol...
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World champion Tom Daley admits a slip on one of his new dives may have cost him a medal but insists he's improving with every competition after fi...
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My top 40 Tom Daley dives (Well 41 - all from my personal collection) Taken from: 2009 & 2011 World Series, 2010 & 2011 National Cup, 2010 ...
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World junior diving champion misses out on final spot by just 14 points at FINA Diving World Series 2011 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
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MonsterDiving
(2 weeks ago)
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, AND TOM DALEY!
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ShellMusic2011
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Thanks for commenting/favouriting my song/video. I'm pleased you liked it!
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ShellMusic2011
(3 months ago)
Thanks for subbing. Cool channel. Hope you checked out my song 'High Hopes (we can do this!)' dedicated to the British Olympic Team. I think there's three photos of Tom in the video. Will be really rooting for him at London 2012. A gold medal would be so special! Come on Tom!!
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DLSings
(3 months ago)
Wanted to visit and share a smile! <3 Dani
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quixkai
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Thanks for subscribing :)
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NO prob! i love ur vids!
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TheBikinigirly
(5 months ago)
excellent channel..
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whrticnys
(6 months ago)
THANKS FOR BEING FRIENDS TOM AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS...
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thank you
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